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Hi, I am Wubit! I am working in ECHO (Ethiopian Youth Council for Higher Opportunity), with Talent Youth Association, a partner of Advocates for Youth in Ethiopia. I am an advocate for youth and I am a 23 year-old female. l am happy to be a member of Amplify!

by:  wubit
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 2:47:00 AM EST
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Young in different concept it has its own meaning. In terms of age group most books defined young’s in age between 14 to 24.Some times it may be 30. Obviously People in this age group shared the same behavior. In addition to their bodily growth their mental activity also changed as before. Differently changes from kids and olds. Their way of thinking, talking, acting even dressing is completely changed. In every aspect of their life, young do things energetically. But those people in the age group of young, didn’t perform like young, Can we say those are young? In the other side, people above or below the age group take action like young, do we say those people are not young? So, who is young? In my opinion to be young, beside age, peoples must identify with their activity. Except disability of person Young must think, work and admit his/her mistake actively. Young must generate new ideas and practice it carefully. If you are young, think actively and contribute some valuable thing for your self, your family, your country and your world. Otherwise, you are not young.


by:  wubit
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 3:33:00 AM EST
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Hello Every One

Our universe changes by many things .we can say world is one village mostly through different technology we can share every new information from country to country so we can say our universe is like one village. This is the interesting part of the world. There are other issues like the climate change which can be regarded as threat for our universe

But this is not my today issue my issue is this.

Before a long time when I was primary school student I heard opposite things attract each other but now it is the negotiation which is created with in similar timings which can attract. In short I want to talk about love relation ship between female and male. Opposite sex attract in love then make marriage finally replace generation but now a day some peoples said why? We want to make relation between male to male/ female to female our right. On Ethiopian context there are LGBS but not official. They are found many hidden places and the young male raped either street children or by cheating those children who live with their family. This needs a special attention because it is burning issue.


by:  wubit
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:46:00 AM EST
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Hello everyone          
          
Today I want to share about early marriage which is exist in Ethiopia. For a job I went in Amhara region Merabeta and Eneware (the name of place)  which is located out of Addis Ababa (the capital city of Ethiopia) to give training about the issue of early marriage by community conversation (CC) approach. When I was giving the training I gathered more true story. In this area more girls are married on their early age starting from the age of 7. After this early marriage their whole life become dark since the marriage is full of problem. They don’t know about good side of life rather they know the bad side of life.

LET US LISTEN TO THEIR VOICES

 “I personally don’t know about husband at that time. I needed to learn and my dream was to be a doctor but I got married when I was grade 4 my husband is very aged. When he marry me he promised my family that he would took all the responsibility of educating me however he didn’t keep his promise. Everyday when it is getting let and darker I will be in a full of stress and I want to run away in the middle of the night. I am not comfortable to sleep with him. But I couldn’t solve this problem, now I have 3 children (2doughter and 1son) I have a big vision through my children I want to revenge my bad life through my children . Currently they are learning for sure until the end of my life they will never ever get married before they complete their education.
 
When I was 10 years old my family gave me for someone who doesn’t belong to me I consider that my parents gave me for death. At that time I was chilled all I want was to play and to learn I didn’t want to get married. You know my husband was very aged for me so when we make love I feel pain I don’t feel comfort because of this I was infected by FISTULA. Do you know what the next thing happens in my life!! My husband behavior was change and hated me very much after that he returned me to my family. Even my family discriminates me and they gave me one single room for one year which belongs only for me. I don’t want to remember the time that I spent. Now I am very well and I become peer educator for the community in the issue of early marriage.
 
 This is a little story. There are many girls who are affected by this problem. If you really understand what I wrote what do you feel?  


by:  wubit
Friday, September 18, 2009 at 3:54:00 AM EDT
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People often use the word 'GENDER'as a synonym for the word 'SEX' but these are two different terms,with very different meanings.
Sex is the biological differenses between males and femails.
Gender is the set of roles,behaviour patterns,values and responsibilities women and men,girls and boys have learned.or end up playing,in their family,community and n society at large.these gender specific roles are socially constructed and therefore changeable as they depend on historical,cultural,pulitical and social contexts.


by:  wubit
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 4:45:00 AM EDT
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Know where you are going!!! If you want to be come self-supporting,independent and successeful,then target on area that is small,well defined and specific in your own head and imprint the idea or goal in your mind's eye .If you want to realize your goal in specified period of time,make step by step plan,brick-by-brick,to lay afoundation and to build your dream. if your goal is clear,bold and targeted on a small,realistic and specific area of need,you can build confidence in yourself and others will follow you.to summarize write down your Goal,make a detailed step-by-step plan on how to achieve them and set a timetable for reaching them.


by:  wubit
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 11:01:00 AM EST
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  Addis Ababa Prime Minister MELES ZENAWI has called on Ethiopian women to organize themselves and contribute their share in the effort to ensuring rights and benefits.
 The prime minister responding to questions raised by women to mark International Women’s Day Sunday. March 5/2009 it  celebrated for 33 times in Ethiopia.
 Closed to 5000 women drawn from across the nation attended the event.
The questions raised by the women focus on challenges facing Ethiopian women.harmeful traditional practices and their negative impacts, problems in the implementation of court rulings on those who harass them, lack of development and health centers especially in pastoral areas, problems in the implementation of women’s package and effort to empower them were some of the questions.
Prime Minister MELES said that women should be at the forefront in the struggle against harmful traditional practices as they are the prime victim.
The celebration is not over it continue in women’s 5000 K.M run I promise you that I will inform you everything about it.


by:  wubit
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 2:05:00 AM EST
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Hi, this is wubit from Ethiopia again;
This blog is continued from the previous blog do you remember guys? I was writing about the ECOH (Ethiopia youth Council for Higher Opportunity) attending project designing and planning training shared.
For today I want to share about that three idea to work with Advocate for Youth.
 The council agrees with the partner of AFY Talent Youth Association (TAYA) by this idea
1. increasing qualitative and youth friendly service
 2. Creating awareness about ARH­­ (Adolescent Reproductive Health)
3. Increasing youth participation by youth police and strategy plan.
This is best three ideas is we will do
 


by:  wubit
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 11:26:00 AM EST
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This is wubit from Ethiopian.

There are two types of Abortion
1. unsafe Abortion and
2. Safe Abortion
Unsafe Abortion is defined as a process for terminating unwanted prgrancy either by persons lacking the nesscery skill or in an enviroment lacking the minimal medical standards or both. /WHO/ In this case estimates atlist 78,000 womens passaway every year,This is vary dangere. In no case should abortion be promoted as a method of familly planing.

Safe Abortion should be availabel and accsesable as part of commprensive Reproductive Health care,rathere than offered in issolation from other necessary health and social services. It is also important that women have acsess to safe and effective contraceptive metods, Screening and treatment for sexual transmited infections,Counslling related to sexuall or domestic violence and a number of other services but womens need for safe abortion is the reproductive health issue.


by:  wubit
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 10:38:00 AM EST
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Hi, this is Wubit from Ethiopia again!  I attended a 2-day training on January 5 and 6, 2009 prepared by TAYA (Talent Youth Association), a partner of Advocates for Youth. In case you don’t know, both organizations support a national youth leadership council that I am apart of in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.  Our council is called Ethiopian Youth Council for Higher Opportunities, also known as ECHO.  We mobilize youth, work with the media, and lobby politicians to address priority reproductive and sexual health issues in Ethiopia and improve policies that reflect those priorities. Ephrem Berhanu, our council coordinator, facilitated a training for my fellow council members and I to learn about project management and much more!

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by:  wubit
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 2:16:00 AM EST
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I can do this,and i know i can i have got what it takes and i prove it every day.
I choose to be special,unique,and filled with belief
I have faith Iknow i can do this-i know i can win!
I have made the decision to creat my success.i plan it; I work at it,and i beliven it.
I choose to be successful-as an individual,as a partener and as amember of my team!
I have made the decision to min-and nothing can stop me now!
I refuse to let anything get me down. i keep my attitude "up"and i keep going for it!
I choose to have apositive,healthy attitude about my future and success.
my attitude is my choice,and i choose to feel great,believe,in myself, follow my lplan,and go format goals!
I have faith!I believe inmyself,i believe in the work,i am doing,and i believe in the future i am greating for my family and myself, i have faith!
I do everything i need to do to make my future succeed.
I have choosen to win-rightnow,and every day.Ihave faith.I believe and Isucceed!
I am a winner-and I am wining right now!

I CAN DO THIS...AND I KNOW I CAN!


by:  wubit
Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 4:46:00 AM EST
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In the 15th International AIDS Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) was prepared in Dakar, Senegal.  For the programme, we were all coming from different African countries.  The programme started on November 29, 2008 through December 2, 2008. The Pre-Conference program focused on youth issues.  I attended the conference as a member of the Ethiopian Youth Council for Higher Opportunities (ECHO) with my fellow council member, Fuad.  We  are participating in ICASA as a part of the International Youth Speak Out (iYSO) Project and two Nigerian youth are here with us from their national youth leadership council that is supported by Advocates for Youth.  In the Pre-Conference, the youth program is very interesting.  Every program is coordinated and facilitated by youth and SOO many issues were discussed!

 

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